Budget bank



Sept. 1, 1942. E.-F. WILKINSON 2,294,512

BUDGET BANK Filed Mar 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 20-4 zrn-4-1 Inventor 4%. 6

, I Attorney Patented Sept. 1, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BUDGETBANK Earnest F. Wilkinson, Aurora, Ill. Application March 26, 1941,Serial No. 385,367

1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in depositreceptacles and more particularly to a budget device in the form of abank, the principal object of the invention being to provide a bank ofthis character in which funds can be deposited for various futureobligations.

Another object of the invention is to provide a budget bank having aplurality of depositories for money and complementary indicating anddirection means, explaining various indebtedness and directions fordistributing and paying the same.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a depositreceptacle of the character stated in which funds can be distributed onpayday to cover future obligations and in which are located readilyaccessible containers or drawers for bills and receipts.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent tothe reader of the following specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan View of the bank with the lid in openposition.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line22 of Figure 1 with the drawer and lid in closed position.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary enlarged plan View of the bank with the lidremoved.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the till.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the slides.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary detailed sectional view taken substantially onthe line 6-45 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, itcan be seen in Figure 2 that numeral 5 denotes a drawer bottom,

shelf or other supporting structure upon which the bank generallyreferred to by numeral 6 can be secured. This support 5 is formed toreceive a plug 7 which has a head 8 abutting the bottom side of thesupport 5. I'he plug 7 extends upwardly, terminating above the top ofthe support 5 and this portion of the plug is threaded to accommodatenuts 9 and it. This end portion of the plug 1 is internally threaded toreceive the lower threaded end portion ii of a retaining rod A2.

The bank consists of a metal box l3, open at its top. To the top edge ofthe box I 3 is hingedly secured as at Hi, a lid l5 which can be securedto the box by a key lock it.

As shown in Figure 2, numeral I! generally refers to a till which inconstruction consists of a bottom l8, side walls as at l9 and end walls20. Partitions 2| and 22 extend longitudinally and transversely in thetill to divide the till into a plurality of money receptors. Cleats asat 23 extend along the inner surfaces of the side walls of the box 13 tosupport the till ll. in the manner substantially shown in Figure 2 withits upper edge terminating immediately below the upper edge of the box13.

A cover plate 24 is provided for the till and this cover plate haslongitudinal parallel rows of slots 24a through which money can bedropped into corresponding compartments of the till l1. Adjacent eachslot 24a is a card suitably held in place, this card being denoted bynumeral 25. Each card 25 contains suitable information as to whatdeposits through corresponding slot 24a are for and in what amounts theyshould be deposited.

Guide means 26 are provided under the cover plate 24, these guide meansbeing in the form of guide lugs struck from the cover plate 24 informing the slot 24a. In these guides are slidable slides 21, each ofthese slides having a knob 28 connected by a neck portion 29 to theplate 21 and this neck portion rides in a guide slot 30 in the coverplate 24. Each of the slides 21 is formed with a slot 3| registrablewith the corresponding slot 24a by sliding the slide 21. On one side ofthe slide 21 may be the letters 0. K. which may be made visible throughthe corresponding slot 24a by shifting the slide 21, as when suflicientmoney has been deposited in the underlying money receiving compartment,or

when further funds are to be added to the collection, the slide may bemoved in the opposite direction. The word Attention at the opposite sideof the slot 3| may be made Visible through the corresponding slot 24a byshifting the slide 21.

The retaining rod 8 extends upwardly through the till I! and through anopening in the cover plate 24 and the upper end of this rod has aknurled removable knob or nut 33. Obviously by removing this knob 33,the cover plate 24 can be lifted to permit access to the contents of thevarious money compartments in the till [1.

The lower portion of the box [3 has a pair of drawers one of which isshown at 34, slidable through openings in the front wall of the box l3and which are useful for holding bills and receipts. Guides as at 36 areprovided, one for each of the drawers. Suitable handles 38 are providedat the ends of the box l3 whereby the box can be conveniently carriedafter it has been detached from a supp Structure While the foregoingspecification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to beunderstood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may beresorted to Without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventionas claimed hereinafter.

Having described the claimed as new is:

A budget bank comprising a till having compartments therein for coins, acover plate for the till having slots therein for the deposit of coinsinvention, what is therethrough into said compartments, and slides forclosing and opening said slots adjustable on said plate into differentpositions and having slots therein for registration with the slots inthe cover plate in one position of said slides and provided withdifierent data thereon upon opposite sides of the slots therein fordisplay through the slots in said plate in other positions of saidslides in which the slots in said slides are out of registra- 10 tionwith the slots in said cover plate.

EARNEST F. WILKINSON.

